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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 -30:1)
As we approach the end of the book of Numbers, we are in tying-up-loose-ends mode. Key elements this week: the aftermath of the incident of Baal Peor, a new census for military needs and land allotment, a narrowly decided matter … Continue reading
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Tagged Baal Peor, broken vav, census, covenant of eternal priesthood, covenant of peace, Cozbi, daughters of Zelophehad, haftarot of consolation, haftarot of rebuke, holiday sacrifices, inheritance, Jeremiah, Joshua, Moses, Numbers 25, Pinchas, plague, Rabbi Brad Hirschfeld, Yocheved, zealotry
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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 -30:1)
(Comments are from 2015 and 2014, edited) This week’s Torah portion, Pinchas, contains the aftermath of the story at the end of last week’s portion, which I deliberately left out; another census; a legal decision concerning when women can inherit; a … Continue reading
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Tagged broken vav, census, covenant of peace, Cozbi, daughters of Zelophehad, haftarot of consolation, haftarot of rebuke, hereditary priesthood, inheritance, Jeremiah, Jewish holidays, Joshua, numbers, Phineas, Pinchas, Rabbi Brad Hirschfeld, sacrifices, succession, vigilante, zealotry, Zimri
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Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2 – 36:13)
The end is in sight, for both the Israelites’ wanderings and the book of Numbers. First, a word on the haftarah. This Shabbat is also Rosh Chodesh Av, the beginning of the month of Av. On a Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, cities of refuge, cousins, daughters of Zelophehad, Gad, haftarot of rebuke, inheritance, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Levitical cities, livestock, Manasseh, Masei, Mattot, Midianites, Moses, numbers, Reuben, Rosh Chodesh, travelogue, vows, war
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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
Let’s see, what do we learn this week? The rabbis aren’t crazy about vigilantism. Tribal population distribution has changed over 40 years. Women are listened to, at least sometimes. Moses REALLY isn’t going to enter the Promised Land. Joshua is … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th of Tammuz, 9th of Av, broken vav, census, Cozbi, daughters of Zelophehad, Elijah, haftarot of rebuke, hereditary priesthood, holiday, inheritance, Jeremiah, Jocheved, Joshua, Miriam, Moses, Pinchas, sacrifices, Serah, succession, Three Weeks, tribal population, vigilantism, Zimri
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Mattot-Mase’ei (Numbers 30:2 – 36:13)
(Comments are from 2016 except as noted) Mattot-Mase’ei is a double portion that ends the book of Numbers. (It largely ties up loose ends. 2020) It is also really the end of the story of the wandering of the Israelites, … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, cities of refuge, cousins, daughters of Zelophehad, Gad, haftarot of rebuke, inheritance, Jeremiah, Levitical cities, livestock, Manasseh, Mase'ei, Mattot, Midianites, Moses, numbers, travelogue, vows, war
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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 – 30:1)
This week, we consider several types of inheritance/baton passing. Pinchas is awarded the hereditary priesthood. There is another census of the tribes for allotment of land which will be passed down through the generations, but apparently only through a male … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th of Tammuz, 9th of Av, Ba'al Peor, broken vav, census, Cozbi, daughters of Zelophehad, Elijah, haftarot of consolation, haftarot of rebuke, hereditary priesthood, inheritance, Jeremiah, Jewish holidays, Joshua, Maimonides, Midianites, Moses, Pinchas, Rabbi Brad Hirschfeld, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, succession, Three Weeks, zealotry, Zimri
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Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2- 36:13)
It’s August. I am grouchy. People in our increasingly mean and cruel government continue to get away with ignoring subpoenas and court orders and even their own rules, destroying the hopes of refugees, scarring children emotionally for life, breaking the … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, cities of refuge, conflict resolution, cousins, daughters of Zelophehad, Gad, haftarot of rebuke, inheritance, Jeremiah, Levitical cities, livestock, Manasseh, Masei, Mattot, Midianites, Moses, negotiation, Nine Days, numbers, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Reuben, Tisha B'Av, travelogue, vows, war
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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 -30:1)
(Comments from 2016) The ancient rabbis did not like vigilantism. We see that in the story of Pinchas, the grandson of Aaron who skewers Cozbi (the Midianite princess) and Zimri (a chieftain of the tribe of Shimon), putting an abrupt … Continue reading
Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2- 36:13)
My eyesight is currently very asymmetrical and not up to par for extended close work. I expected to be through with all that on Thursday. But it’s not to be, because my second cataract surgery unexpectedly had to be postponed … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, cities of refuge, cousins, daughters of Zelophehad, Gad, haftarot of rebuke, inheritance, Jeremiah, Manasseh, Masei, Mattot, numbers, Reuben, travelogue, vows, war
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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
Do Pinchas and our current president have any characteristics in common, such as operating outside regular channels and being chosen by God? This idea came up last week at services and was relayed to me by my husband (I was … Continue reading
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